Chapter 14: Let the Apocalypse Come More Fiercely! (2)
Compared to those cities that had completely collapsed and disappeared, the damage within Wutong City was relatively small. Having seen scenes of corpses strewn everywhere in his previous life, the crowds crushed to death by collapsed buildings didn’t elicit the slightest reaction from Lu Weiyi. In fact, he even felt that compared to the difficult survival ahead, death at this moment was a form of liberation.
Lu Weiyi wasn’t a talkative person, and the man beside him clearly wasn’t either. The two didn’t exchange a single word throughout the journey, except for the occasional gasp of shock from the man when the car violently bumped over the uneven road.
Lu Weiyi lived in a slightly suburban area in the west of the city. The hour-long drive took almost two hours. Fortunately, the quality of the buildings in his upscale residential area was good, and they hadn’t collapsed.
Before his rebirth, Lu Weiyi had always been active near the safe zone. He hadn’t experienced such bumpy rides for a long time. Stretching his joints, he looked at the man beside him. “I’m here. Where are you going?”
“I’m going to…” The man reached for his seatbelt and replied softly, “Wutong Second Prison.”
That familiar name…
Lu Weiyi paused as he opened the car door, turned his head to look at the man, and asked, “Visiting someone in prison?”
“…” Seeing that Lu Weiyi’s expression was normal, the man nodded.
“Can you help me take some things there?” Lu Weiyi dangled the car keys in his hand. “You can drive this car over.”
The man nodded halfway, then refused upon hearing his words, “No need, I can…”
“There definitely won’t be any public buses or taxis in this situation. The roads are bad, driving will definitely be faster.” Going to visit someone in prison immediately after the earthquake must mean they were very important. Lu Weiyi, who had a decent understanding of the current situation in Wutong City, interrupted him. “Just park it near the prison when you’re done. Someone will pick it up.” Although he didn’t know which refugee it would be.
The man thought for a moment, thanked Lu Weiyi again, and asked what he wanted him to take.
“Wait a moment,” Lu Weiyi got out of the car and went to the trunk alone.
Wutong Second Prison. Lu Weiyi was very familiar with this place. Before the apocalypse, he would come here at least once a year. His childhood friend was imprisoned here – a friend whose own mother had sent him in to take the blame for her stepson.
The two of them had witnessed the betrayal of their families together, peeling back their own scars and encouraging each other to persevere.
After the apocalypse, Lu Weiyi had never seen him again and didn’t know if he was alive. Now that he had the ability, Lu Weiyi wanted to send some food over.
Lu Weiyi took some things out of his space and filled two backpacks. “Give one to a person named Xu Sa, 22 years old, from the Capital. Tell him I’ll be in Wutong within a week, living in this residential area, Building 6, Unit 3, Apartment 1. You can keep the other one for yourself as payment.”
After giving the man the things, Lu Weiyi turned and walked towards the residential area without waiting for the man to say anything, preparing to go back and catch up on sleep.
Without large-scale destruction, the roads in the residential area had varying degrees of damage. The usually quiet and seemingly deserted upscale residential area was now filled with small groups of people gathered here and there, wearing pajamas and slippers, their hair disheveled, completely lacking their usual elite and presentable appearance. The calm expressions couldn’t hide the fear in their eyes.
Humans were insignificantly small in the face of natural disasters.
Lu Weiyi fumbled for his keys and walked towards his building entrance. The people he passed only sized him up with scrutiny, without saying much. Human nature had always been indifferent, which saved him from having to explain his unusual behavior of returning home alone while everyone else gathered in the open to avoid aftershocks.
His home was only slightly messy and didn’t have much damage. Lu Weiyi ate something casually and went back to his room to sleep.
In the initial period after the earthquake, people should still be immersed in self-rescue from the natural disaster. Then, the zombie energy that appeared in the air silently changed the physique of humans. Those who successfully adapted survived, and those who couldn’t became zombies.
Lu Weiyi slept until the next morning. His ability, impacted by the zombie energy, began to fluctuate. The first thing that manifested was his appetite. His rumbling stomach made him feel flustered with hunger.
The earthquake had damaged the power, and the water at home was also cut off. He had wanted to save more of the hot food to let Zhuang Mingxu try, but in this situation, even eating his fill, those cooked foods wouldn’t last many meals. Lu Weiyi took a portion of hot soup and ate a box of small bread rolls with it, barely feeling half-full.
He touched his stomach and looked out the window.
The crowd in the residential area had dispersed, and occasionally, two or three lonely figures appeared, all in a hurry and looking sickly. They all had one common destination – the hospital.
The zombie energy had already begun to change human bodies. They successively developed high fever, coma, and a series of other symptoms. Those who couldn’t withstand it became the first batch of zombies.
